Wanna buy a McCain-Palin Victory T-shirt? $5

The Biltmore ballroom minutes after the McCain concession…hey, can somebody put on MSNBC?

Phoenix — The end came swiftly and ruthlessly here at the McCain-Palin Victory Party. The room cleared after Mac’s farewell speech and McCain-Palin Victory shirts that were selling for $15 at 8 p.m. were on clearance for $5 at 10 p.m.

Uh, could someone turn on the Obama speech? No. The big screens only carried one show: The giant “Country First” logo.

Joe Garofoli/San Francisco Chronicle

McCain-Palin Victory shirts…only $5…$4…$3…

On the way to the lawn to catch McCain offering the last rites, some reporters tried to push through the crowd. “We’re press,” they said by way of explanation. Nobody here cared. One guy grumbled, loud enough to be heard “LIBERAL press.” His female companion said, “I won’t turn on that TV for days. I just can’t.”

My friends, as a proud senator used to address his followers, which way is the bar?